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Breakingviews - Look out Europe: a SPAC craze is around the corner

SPACs are often controversial because they hand outsized rewards to founders and allow companies to skirt listing rules when going public.

Supply squeeze won’t ease on global stocks and bonds in 2021

Many policymakers have recently topped up asset-purchase schemes, so that the crowding-out of private investors from public bond markets looks set to continue.

Old toys you might have that could make you a millionaire

It's worth taking a look in your attic

Government continues borrowing binge but will fight it now, pay back later

The absence of government spending in this moment could spell disaster and have ramifications for years to come.

January ‘burnout spike’ warning for financial workers: 24% rise for UK employees searching for burnout in 2020

Data shows that last winter saw a record high January ‘burnout spike’, traditionally associated with low mood, depression and demotivation in employees.

Amundi’s CEO Perrier on M&A: ‘We are a natural consolidator’

Merger and acquisition activity could play into the hands of Europe’s largest asset manager, says Yves Perrier.

Vaccine Breakthrough Soothes Markets

Positive news about coronavirus vaccines boosted markets in November as investors embraced the idea of a COVID recovery

Investing in fast-changing markets

In conversation with Chris Ralph, Chief Global Strategist at St. James's Place, Johanna Kyrklund from Schroders, manager of the St. James's Place Managed Growth fund, discusses how to allocate assets in an uncertain world

Investors pile £6.5bn into markets on vaccine hopes

Investors also began to back previously unloved markets, however, with £724m placed into European equity funds.

Europe’s bond boom may stem investment bank exodus from sovereign debt auctions

The Covid-19 pandemic could mark a turning point.

Lessons from an investment scandal

The FCA should take to heart the failings exposed by the LCF collapse

How are functions in the financial industry changing?

More than just uncovering how things look like today, these experts shared their profound understanding of how processes and the client experience of banking will change in the years to come.

Oil and gas leopards changing their spots to focus on investor returns

More oil and gas firms are “pivoting” their business models towards shareholder returns and away from high risk and reward exploration, an analyst has said.

'Guernsey must continue to be one of the good guys'

Unpicking details of these strands, he says: ‘We should be seen as one of the world's serious wealth management centres.

What makes a future-ready firm?

There are various goals which can be allocated to digital solutions

The Way We Live Now

In this outlook, we don’t focus on the past, rather, we look ahead at what we believe will shape the investment landscape in 2021 as the global economy recovers from one of the worst recessions on record.

PIMFA comments on the independent investigations into the FCA's supervision of LCF and Connaught

Lessons need to be learned and recommendations acted upon to ensure that future failings like this do not occur.

Out of sight, out of mind? Training fund managers from home

As homeworking rumbles on for another few months, fund houses are questioning whether new recruits will be able to learn on the job in the same way as their predecessors.

Wealth Management: Market Perspective - Rothschild

Although a rotation to more cyclical sectors and regions has led us to tilt our top-down advice slightly in their direction, we are not yet confident enough to bet on these 'new' winners or against the reigning champions.

UK adults aim to spend or give away their money before they die

Most British adults, however, do expect to pass on most of their wealth to family and loved ones.

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